20K Individual
20K Relay Bulk Purchase
20K Beer Club Division
Corporate Charity Team
Beer Mile Men and Women Open
Beer Mile Clydesdale and Athena
Hampstead, NC US 28443
Drink- Run- Repeat. Got your attention?
Then this event is for you! You and your friends will take turns running a 5K loop at the Brier Patch Hunting property just north of Poplar Grove Plantation. Before each lap is run, you have the option to drink a 12-ounce beer for a 2 minutes deduction off your lap time. Run solo, with your best friend, or on a team of 3 or 4 to complete the 20K course. Beer option only available for those 21 and older.
You will be required to hold a relay baton during your relay leg.
Age Graded Race
Not only will a beer allow a 2:00 minute time deduction, but we are also implementing age graded results.
Handicap Guide
(Women): 10% (also on top of % listed below for age)
(15 and under) 5%
(40-49) 1% per year
(50-54) 14%
(55-59) 18%
(60-64) 21%
(65-69) 26%
(70+) 30%
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RACE COURSE
We will be hosting this race at Brier Patch Hunting Club just north of Poplar Grove Plantation on US 17. Participants and spectators will get to enjoy the natural atmosphere of Southeastern Coastal NC.
You must be 21 or older to participate in the beer portion of the race. You do not have to drink beer to participate, beer is simply another element to the race and is optional.
Trail shoes recommended. The course is a very natural wooded terrain surrounded by swamp. Footing is variable. Runners will run a loop and then an out and back. You should expect bugs during the race. We have sprayed and fogged the field but not the course itself. The race is called Copperhead due to running in the woods in August. There is a chance that you could see a snake. If you do, please stay away from it and alert us. There is also a walking bridge that you will have to cross. Take caution and go slow.
WHAT TO BRING:
Bug Spray
Water/Fluids
Long Pants
High Socks
We recommend head wear for the run in case of any flies chasing you
Head Lamp
Small Canopy Tents are allowed
Trail Shoes
Trash Bags for your trash. We will have receptacles and dumpsters but we do not want to have to pick up your trash
PACKET PICKUP
FRIDAY: 5:00 to 6:30pm Academy Sports
SATURDAY AT THE RACE SITE from 1:00pm to 4:30pm
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
3:30pm - Beer Mile Clydesdale and Athena
4:00pm - Beer Mile Men and Women Competitive
5:00pm - 20K Relay Start
5:15pm - 20K OPEN START
7:50pm - 20K open Runners must be on final lap
8:30pm - Course Cutoff
8:30pm - Awards/Course Cutoff
10:00pm - End of Event
PARTICIPANT SWAG
All participants will receive a Copperhead Running Socks
AWARDS
Top 5 individuals will receive a custom Machete engraved with the Copperhead Logo
Top relay team will all receive custom Machetes
Fastest Team will receive custom Machetes (still includes beer deduction)
Top Corporate Charity Team will receive custom Machetes
Top Beer Club team will receive custom Machetes
PARKING and RACE SITE ENTRANCE
We have roughly 200 parking spaces on site. Plug in this address to your GPS, it is literally a person's house on US-17 North. The event field is behind the house. There will be a DOT sign that says Event Traffic Ahead and a Police Officer at the turn in. Please slow down ahead of the turn. Event Staff will be on site directing you where to park, please follow their directions.
12706 US-17
Hampstead, North Carolina
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